Installing Client Software on 32-bit Computers

The following procedure explains how to install Microsoft SQL Server client software on computers running the Windows NT or Windows 95 operating systems. You can run the setup program from a local drive or from a network drive. Remember that while running setup, you can choose the Help button or press f1 to access the setup program's online Help.

Note You do not need to install SQL Server client utilities on a computer that already has the SQL Server server components installed on it, since the client utilities are automatically installed with the server components.

    To install client software on a Windows NT-based computer

1. From the directory containing the software compatible with your hardware platform's processor architecture, run SETUP.EXE and complete each dialog box that appears.
2. If you are installing the software on a remote computer, when the Options dialog box appears, choose the Remote button, complete the Remote Setup dialog box, and then choose the OK button.

   If you are installing the software on the local computer, skip this step.

3. From the Options dialog box, select the Install Utilities Only option, and then choose the Continue button.

   The Install Client Utilities dialog box appears.

4. Complete the Install Utilities dialog box.
   • In the Drive box, select the drive on which to install the client utilities.
   • In the Directory box, type the name of the root directory in which to install the client utilities. The default is \SQL60.
   • The Utilities To Be Installed list displays all the available utilities, with a check box for each. By default, all utilities are selected for installation. For each utility that you do not want to install, clear the check box.
5. When you have completed the Install Utilities dialog box, choose the Continue button.

   The SQL Server Books Online dialog box appears.

6. Complete the SQL Server Books Online dialog box, and choose the Continue button.
7. When the installation is complete, the Completed dialog box appears. Choose the Reboot button.

   After rebooting the computer, you can access the SQL Server graphical client utilities from the Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 program group.

When you install client utilities on a Windows 95-based computer, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file is updated with the path of the SQL Server root directory. The old AUTOEXEC.BAT file is saved as AUTOEXEC.nnn, where nnn is a number from 001 to 099.

    To install client software on a Windows 95-based computer

1. From the i386 directory, run SETUP.EXE and complete each dialog box that appears.
2. When the Install or Remove Client Utilities dialog box appears, select the Install Utilities Only option and then choose the Continue button.

   The Install Client Utilities dialog box appears.

3. Complete the Install Utilities dialog box and choose the Continue button.

   The SQL Server Books Online dialog box appears.

4. Complete the SQL Server Books Online dialog box and choose the Continue button.

When the installation is complete, the Completed dialog box appears.

    To upgrade an existing client installation on a 32-bit computer

• Make sure that no SQL Server client components are running on the computer; then perform the same steps as for a new installation.

    To remove the 32-bit client utilities from a Windows 95-based computer

• Run the setup program and choose the Remove Client Utilities option.

You can also install the MS-DOS - or 16-bit Windows-based client software on computers running the Windows NT or Windows 95 operating systems:

• To install the MS-DOS - based client software on a computer running Windows NT or Windows 95, run SETUP.EXE from the \CLIENTS\MSDOS directory of the drive containing the SQL Server 6.0 installation software. For information, see Installing MS-DOS - based Clients.
• To install 16-bit Windows-based client software on a computer running Windows NT or Windows 95, run SETUP.EXE from the \CLIENTS\WIN16 directory of the drive containing the SQL Server 6.0 installation software. For information, see Installing Windows-based Clients.

You can also use the setup program to remove the client utilities from a Windows 95-based computer.